CN218156619U - Steel cable tension detection device - Google Patents

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CN218156619U
CN218156619U CN202221929060.8U CN202221929060U CN218156619U CN 218156619 U CN218156619 U CN 218156619U CN 202221929060 U CN202221929060 U CN 202221929060U CN 218156619 U CN218156619 U CN 218156619U
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赵瑞传
耍荆荆
于世华
赵广敏
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The utility model relates to the technical field of detection devices, and provides a steel cable tension detection device, which comprises a workbench, a guide component, a driving component, a first fastening component, a tension detector and a second fastening component, wherein the guide component is fixedly arranged on the workbench; the driving assembly is arranged on the workbench; the first fastening assembly is arranged on the workbench or the guide assembly and is suitable for clamping the first end of the steel cable; the tension detector is arranged in the guide assembly in a sliding manner and is connected with the driving assembly; the second fastening component is connected to one side of the tension detector facing the first fastening component, is in sliding fit with the guide component and is suitable for clamping the second end of the steel cable. The utility model discloses carry out pulling force to the cable wire and examine time measuring, in all inserting the fastening hole on the binding with both ends about the cable wire earlier, then change over to the jack with the mounting, then fix the cable wire through rotating the mounting to make the cable wire more stable when the pulling force detects, effectively avoid appearing the not hard up condition in the in-process cable wire that the pulling force detected easily.

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Steel cable tension detection device
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a detection device technical field especially relates to a cable wire pulling force detection device.
Background
The steel cable is mainly used for suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, tied arch bridges and other occasions adopting the steel cable for construction. In a suspension bridge, a steel cable is mainly used for a main cable and a sling, and in a cable-stayed bridge, the steel cable is mainly used for a stay cable, so that the design of the tension parameters of the steel cable is particularly important.
However, at present when carrying out the pulling force to the cable wire and detecting, need fix the cable wire, its fastening nature is not strong when current partial cable wire pulling force numerical value detection device is fixed the cable wire, the not hard up condition appears easily in the in-process that the pulling force detected, thereby lead to the cable wire to appear droing, be unfavorable for in-service use, and, current partial cable wire pulling force numerical value detection device is generally artificial when carrying out the pulling force to the cable wire and detecting the pivot, make wire rope pulling force detector carry out the pulling force to the cable wire and detect, the operation is inconvenient, consuming time and power.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device for solve above-mentioned at least one item defect among the prior art, realize that structural design is simple, convenient operation, the cable wire is fixed more firm, effectively solves the cable wire and easily appears not hard up the condition in pulling force testing process.
The utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, include:
a work table;
the guide assembly is fixedly arranged on the workbench;
the driving assembly is arranged on the workbench and is positioned on one side of the guide assembly;
a first fastening assembly disposed at the table or the guide assembly and adapted to clamp a first end of a wire rope;
the tension detector is arranged in the guide assembly in a sliding manner and is connected with the driving assembly;
and the second fastening assembly is connected to one side of the tension detector, which faces the first fastening assembly, is in sliding fit with the guide assembly and is suitable for clamping the second end of the steel cable.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, fastening components includes first fixed block and first binding, first binding with first fixed block fixed connection, first fixed block is fixed on the direction subassembly, first binding is suitable for the first end of pressing from both sides tight cable wire.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, first binding includes first body, first body orientation a plurality of first jacks have been seted up to one side of tensile force detector, first body with first fastening hole has been seted up on first jack looks vertically surface, first fastening hole with first jack one-to-one, just first fastening hole with first jack communicates each other, the cable wire is worn to locate first jack, first fastening hole presss from both sides tight cable wire through first mounting.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, second fastening components includes second fixed block and second binding, the second fixed block pass through the elastic component with the tensile force detector is connected, second binding fixed connection be in the second fixed block orientation one side of first binding.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, the second binding includes the second body, the second body dorsad a plurality of second jacks have been seted up to one side of pulling force detector, the second body with second fastening hole has been seted up on second jack looks vertically surface, the second fastening hole with second jack one-to-one, just the second fastening hole with the second jack communicates each other.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, the pulling force detector and/or the both sides of second fixed block be provided with be used for with direction subassembly sliding fit's guide.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, the guide includes guide bar and pulley, the guide bar fixed connection be in the pulling force detector and/or the second fixed block, the pulley rotates to be connected the tip of guide bar.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, the direction subassembly includes the casing, the holding tank has been seted up in the casing, the guide way has been seted up on at least one cell wall of holding tank, the guide way with the tensile force detector and/or second fastening components direction cooperation.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, drive assembly includes pivot, motor and wire rope, wire rope twine in the pivot, the output of motor with the pivot is connected, is suitable for the drive the pivot motion.
According to the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, drive assembly still includes the controller, the controller with motor electric connection.
The utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, through setting up the binding, carry out pulling force to the cable wire and examine time measuring, in all inserting the fastening on the binding with both ends about the cable wire earlier, then change over to the jack with the mounting into, then fix the cable wire through rotating the mounting, through setting up a plurality of binding, with the fastening nature of increase to the cable wire, thereby make the cable wire stable stronger when the pulling force detects, effectively avoid appearing not hard up condition in the in-process cable wire that the pulling force detected easily, cable wire pulling force detection device's suitability is stronger simultaneously, and the operation is simple, time saving and labor saving.
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In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention or the prior art more clearly, the drawings used in the following embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a steel cable tension detecting device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second fastening assembly and a tension detector provided in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first fastening assembly provided in an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numerals are as follows:
10. a work table; 11. supporting legs;
20. a guide assembly; 21. a housing; 22. accommodating grooves; 23. a guide groove;
30. a drive assembly; 31. a motor; 32. a rotating shaft; 33. a wire rope; 34. a controller;
40. a first fastening component; 41. a first fixed block; 42. a first fastener; 421. a first body; 422. a first jack; 423. a first fastening hole; 424. a first fixing member;
50. a tension detector; 51. detecting a body; 52. a display screen;
60. a second fastening component; 61. a second fixed block; 62. a second fastener; 621. a second body; 622. a second jack; 623. a second fastening hole; 624. a second fixing member;
70. a guide member; 71. a guide bar; 72. a pulley;
80. an elastic member; 90. a steel cord.
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To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the drawings of the present invention are combined to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions of the present invention, and obviously, the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "connected" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application can be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, a first feature "on" or "under" a second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
In the description of the present application, reference to the description of "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like is intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the embodiments of the present application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.
An embodiment of the utility model provides a cable wire pulling force detection device, mainly used measure rope, cable, line, area or similar flexible component's tension.
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 3. It is to be understood that the following description is only exemplary of the present invention and is not intended to constitute any limitation on the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a steel cable tension detecting apparatus, which includes a worktable 10, a guide assembly 20, a driving assembly 30, a first fastening assembly 40, a tension detector 50, and a second fastening assembly 60; wherein, the guiding component 20 can be fixed on the working table 10 by fixing components such as bolts; the driving assembly 30 is arranged on the workbench 10 and is positioned at one side of the guide assembly 20; the first fastening assembly 40 is fixedly disposed on the table 10 or the guide assembly 20 and adapted to clamp a first end of the wire rope 90; the tension detector 50 is slidably disposed within the guide assembly 20 and is coupled to the driving assembly 30. The second fastening member 60 is attached to the side of the tension detector 50 facing the first fastening member 40 and is in sliding engagement with the guide member 20 and adapted to clamp the second end of the wire rope 90.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, it will be appreciated that the bottom of the table 10 is provided with four support legs 11, the support legs 11 being used to support the table top of the table 10 in position. Fixed mounting has the casing 21 of rectangle structure on the mesa of workstation 10, the inside of casing 21 is provided with holding tank 22, be provided with guide way 23 on holding tank 22 sets up two cell walls relatively respectively, first fastening component 40, second fastening component 60 and pull force detector 50 are located the coplanar, the fixed one end that sets up at holding tank 22 of first fastening component 40, second fastening component 60 and pull force detector 50 fixed connection, pull force detector 50 and guide way 23 sliding fit, and pull force detector 50 is connected with drive assembly 30. When the driving assembly 30 works, the tension detector 50 is driven to move in the guide slot 23, so as to drive the second fastening assembly 60 to move synchronously along the guide slot 23, and the steel cable 90 is wound and unwound to detect the tension of the steel cable 90.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, the first fastening assembly 40 includes a first fixing block 41 and a first fastening device 42, the first fastening device 42 is fixedly connected to the first fixing block 41, and the first fastening device 42 is adapted to clamp the first end of the wire rope 90.
As shown in fig. 3, the first fastener 42 includes a first body 421, a plurality of first insertion holes 422 are formed in a side of the first body 421 opposite to the tension detector 50, first fastening holes 423 are formed in a surface of the first body 421 perpendicular to the first insertion holes 422, the first fastening holes 423 correspond to the first insertion holes 422 one to one, the first fastening holes 423 are communicated with the first insertion holes 422, the cable 90 is inserted into the first insertion holes 422, and the first fastening holes 423 clamp the cable 90 through a first fixing member 424. When the wire 90 is fixed, the plurality of first fastening holes 423 are equidistantly arranged, and the wire 90 is inserted into the first fastening holes 423 to be fixed.
As shown in fig. 2, the second fastening assembly 60 includes a second fixing block 61 and a second fastener 62, the second fixing block 61 is connected to the tension detector 50 through an elastic member 80, and the second fastener 62 is fixedly connected to a side of the second fixing block 61 facing the first fastener 42.
As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, as some embodiments of the present invention, the second fastener 62 includes a second body 621, a plurality of second insertion holes 622 are opened on one side of the second body 621 facing away from the tension detector 50, a second fastening hole 623 is opened on a surface of the second body 621 perpendicular to the second insertion holes 622, the second fastening hole 623 and the second insertion hole 622 are in one-to-one correspondence, the second fastening hole 623 and the second insertion hole 622 are communicated with each other, a second fixing member 624 for fixing is adapted in the second insertion hole 622, and the second fixing member 624 may be a bolt. The second insertion hole 622 is screw-coupled with the second fixing member 624, and the wire rope 90 is fixed by rotating the second fixing member 624 so that it is inserted into the second insertion hole 622.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, as some embodiments of the present invention, the tension detector 50 or the second fixing block 61 is symmetrically provided at both sides with guide members 70 for slidably fitting with the guide grooves 23 of the guide assembly 20; or, the two sides of the tension detector 50 and the second fixing block 61 are symmetrically provided with the guide members 70 for sliding fit with the guide grooves 23 of the guide assembly 20, and the tension detector 50 and the second fixing block 61 are matched with the guide grooves 23 through the guide members 70 and slide in the guide grooves 23, so that the detection accuracy can be improved.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, as some embodiments of the present invention, the guiding element 70 includes a guiding rod 71 and a pulley 72, the guiding rod 71 is fixedly connected to the tension detector 50 and the second fixing block 61, or the guiding rod 71 is fixedly connected to the tension detector 50 or the second fixing block 61, and the pulley 72 is rotatably connected to an end of the guiding rod 71 and is adapted to slidably fit with the guiding groove 23 in the guiding assembly 20.
When the steel cable tension detecting device works, the steel cable tension detecting device slides to drive the tension detector 50 and the second fixing block 61 to move in the guide groove 23 through the guide rod 71, so that the tension of the steel cable 90 can be tested more accurately.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, as some embodiments of the present invention, the guiding assembly 20 includes a housing 21, the housing 21 has an accommodating groove 22 formed therein from an upper end surface, a guiding groove 23 is formed on a groove wall opposite to the accommodating groove 22, and the guiding groove 23 is used for guiding and matching with the tension detector 50 or the second fixing block 61.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the driving assembly 30 includes a motor 31, a rotating shaft 32 and a cable 33, the cable 33 is wound around the rotating shaft 32, and an output end of the motor 31 may be directly connected to the rotating shaft 32 or connected to the rotating shaft 32 through a coupling or the like, so that the motor 31 is suitable for driving the rotating shaft 32 to move.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the driving assembly 30 further includes a controller 34, and the controller 34 is electrically connected to the motor 31. The controller 34 is operated to enable the motor 31 to work, and the steel wire rope 33 is driven to be wound to perform a tension test on the steel wire rope 90. When the tension detector 50 detects tension of the steel cable 90, the controller 34 controls the motor 31 of the motor 31 to operate, so that the rotating shaft 32 rotates along with the output shaft of the motor 31, the steel cable 33 is wound along the direction deviating from the steel cable 90, and the tension detector 50 is pulled to move along the guide groove 23 while the steel cable 33 is wound so as to detect tension of the steel cable 90.
In addition, the elastic member 80 of the present invention may be a spring rod connected between the tension detector 50 and the second fixing block 61. A display screen 52 is also provided on top of the tension detector 50 for displaying test information. Such as the tension value, is displayed via the display screen 52.
In the use process of the steel cable tension detecting device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first end of the steel cable 90 is inserted into the first insertion hole 422 of the first fastening device 42, and then the first fixing member 424 such as a bolt is inserted into the first fastening hole 423 to fix the first end of the steel cable 90; the second end of the wire rope 90 is inserted into the second insertion hole 622 in the second fastener 62, and then a second fixing member 624 such as a bolt is inserted from the second fastening hole 623 to fix the second end of the wire rope 90. So that the steel cable 90 is firmly fixed and has better stability when being used for tension detection.
In the process of detecting the tension, the controller 34 is operated to enable the motor 31 to work to drive the rotating shaft 32 to rotate, so that the steel wire rope 33 is wound on the rotating shaft 32, and the tension test is performed on the steel wire rope 90. When the tension detector 50 detects tension of the steel cable 90, the controller 34 controls the motor 31 to operate, so that the rotating shaft 32 rotates along with an output shaft of the motor 31, so that the steel cable 33 is wound in a direction away from the steel cable 90, the tension detector 50 is pulled to move along the guide groove 23 while the steel cable 33 is wound, the tension detector 50 pulls the second fastening component 60 to move along the guide groove 23 through the elastic member 80, so that the steel cable 90 generates tension change, the elastic body (elastic element, sensitive beam) inside the tension detector 50 generates elastic deformation under the action of external force, so that the resistance strain gauge (conversion element) adhered to the surface of the resistance strain gauge also generates deformation along with the elastic body, after the resistance strain gauge deforms, the resistance value of the resistance strain gauge changes (increases or decreases), and the resistance change is converted into an electrical signal (voltage or current) through a corresponding measuring circuit, so that the process of converting the external force into the electrical signal is completed, so as to detect the tension of the steel cable 90, and no human rotation of the rotating shaft 32 is needed, so that the steel cable 33 is wound and the tension detector 50 is pulled to detect the tension of the steel cable 90, thereby achieving the detection of the tension detection.
It should be noted that the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but the basis of the combination is that those skilled in the art can realize the combination; when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be combined, it should be considered that the combination of the technical solutions does not exist, i.e. the combination does not belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

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1. A wire rope tension detecting device, comprising:
a work table;
the guide assembly is fixedly arranged on the workbench;
the driving assembly is arranged on the workbench and is positioned on one side of the guide assembly;
a first fastening assembly disposed at the table or the guide assembly and adapted to clamp a first end of a wire rope;
the tension detector is arranged in the guide assembly in a sliding manner and is connected with the driving assembly;
and the second fastening assembly is connected to one side of the tension detector, which faces to the first fastening assembly, is in sliding fit with the guide assembly and is suitable for clamping the second end of the steel cable.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening assembly includes a first fixing block and a first fastening device, the first fastening device is fixedly connected to the first fixing block, the first fixing block is fixed to the guide assembly, and the first fastening device is adapted to clamp the first end of the wire rope.
3. The steel cable tension detecting device according to claim 2, wherein the first fastener includes a first body, one side of the first body facing the tension detector is provided with a plurality of first insertion holes, a surface of the first body perpendicular to the first insertion holes is provided with first fastening holes, the first fastening holes correspond to the first insertion holes one by one, the first fastening holes are communicated with the first insertion holes, the steel cable is inserted into the first insertion holes, and the first fastening holes clamp the steel cable through a first fixing member.
4. The apparatus for detecting tension in a steel rope according to claim 2, wherein said second fastening assembly includes a second fixing block and a second fastening device, said second fixing block is connected to said tension detector by an elastic member, and said second fastening device is fixedly connected to a side of said second fixing block facing said first fastening device.
5. The steel cable tension detecting device according to claim 4, wherein the second fastener includes a second body, a plurality of second insertion holes are formed in a side of the second body facing away from the tension detector, second fastening holes are formed in a surface of the second body perpendicular to the second insertion holes, the second fastening holes correspond to the second insertion holes one to one, and the second fastening holes are communicated with the second insertion holes.
6. The wire rope tension detecting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a guide member for slidably engaging with the guide member is provided on both sides of the tension detector and/or the second fastening member.
7. The apparatus for detecting tension in a steel cord according to claim 6, wherein said guide member comprises a guide rod fixedly connected to said tension detector and/or said second fastening member, and a pulley rotatably connected to an end of said guide rod.
8. The apparatus for detecting tension in a steel cable according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the guiding assembly includes a housing, a receiving slot is defined in the housing, at least one slot wall of the receiving slot is defined with a guiding slot, and the guiding slot is in guiding engagement with the tension detector and/or the second fastening assembly.
9. The apparatus for detecting pulling force of steel cable according to claim 8, wherein the driving assembly comprises a rotating shaft, a motor and a steel cable, the steel cable is wound around the rotating shaft, and an output end of the motor is connected to the rotating shaft and adapted to drive the rotating shaft to move.
10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the driving assembly further comprises a controller electrically connected to the motor.
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